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Property from the Estate of R.W. Leybourne Callaghan
A Buff Sandstone Torso of Vishnu
INDIA, RAJASTHAN OR UTTAR PRADESH, 11TH/12TH CENTURY
Details
A Buff Sandstone Torso of Vishnu
India, Rajasthan or Uttar Pradesh, 11th/12th Century
Well-carved with his upper hands holding a chakra and foliate gada, four of his avatars on either side of the openwork nimbus carved with flowerheads alternating with florets, two apsaras holding garlands flanking three seated deities above, his rounded face with a benign expression surmounted by a tall festooned headdress
30 in. (76 cm.) high
India, Rajasthan or Uttar Pradesh, 11th/12th Century
Well-carved with his upper hands holding a chakra and foliate gada, four of his avatars on either side of the openwork nimbus carved with flowerheads alternating with florets, two apsaras holding garlands flanking three seated deities above, his rounded face with a benign expression surmounted by a tall festooned headdress
30 in. (76 cm.) high
Provenance
R.W. Leybourne Callaghan, alias Callaghan of India, Managing Director of Roche India and Honorary Consul for Ireland in Bombay, acquired in the late 1960s
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